This post could also be titled: “How to surprise and awe your wife on a lazy Sunday evening.”  Rachel and I were sitting on the couch, enjoying the fire and reading.  Like she does on many occasions, she asked me to get (more…)

Every once in a while members of a running club, that I am a member of, gather for a finger-food potluck.  Being a food-lover, I thoroughly enjoy these occasions.  What surprises me the most is the selection of “unhealthy” foods and beer that flow at these things.  These runners are (more…)

The peppermint latte is the love of my life.  On cold winter days it reminds me of being a kid and sucking on a candy cane.  It reminds me of sitting next to a fire with wood stacked ceiling-high, crackling and popping and (more…)

Thanks to the recent release of Julie and Julia I was introduced to Julia Child.  Surprisingly, I had never really seen any of her stuff.  Now, I am a complete “foodie.”  Even more so after (more…)

Who needs pasteurization?  Not Europeans and not me!  Our neighbors and good friends (Tyler and Alicia) down the street have a farm and on their farm they have a cow.  No, not Old MacDonald, but their cow recently had a calf and we are (more…)

Boy, oh boy!  This curry is the most amazing curry I have had yet.  I have tried to make many curries in the past and none even come close to this.  A friend gave me (more…)

Well, I am (more…)

We’ve been backpacking and camping a lot lately.  It is amazing how much better food can taste when you are camping, or after a long hard days worth of backpacking.  I always look forward to breakfast while camping, and dinner while backpacking but my favorite meal is dessert!  What else do you have while camping for dessert but S’mores!

When I was younger my family and I went (more…)

We just got back from vacation and our garden is teeming with greens.  I love greens.  Last year I planted kale and collards and I became hooked! What was really amazing about them was that they lasted from early summer until the next spring, when I pulled them up.  I couldn’t believe that they survived the snow.  Granted it wasn’t that much snow and our climate is very mild, but still!

This year I (more…)

A friend let us borrow the most wonderful Indian Cookbook I have used yet.  I just finished making a complete dinner out of the book and wanted to share it with you: (more…)